Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-03
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| THE Pilgrims Progress has been repro
| duced in japanese, and tllustra' ed by ma :
| tive artist VINO has well caught the spirit OF
| the various characters and scenes IN the al
legory.
| WOMEN have for seyeral years been en-
! ployed as keepers Of gates at crossings on the
! Prussiau state railroads Their duties are to
close and open the bars, and to lght ana
sweep the crossings. Their pay Is from lZc'
TO Zoe. day. HGiGErN
THE movement tounlte the earious Method
ist bodies in the United KiHgdotnnts making
rapid strides. The Methodist Times thap ks
the Times. the Daily Chronicles me ran ma!
Gazette. the spectator, the DAnT News, anu
other great journal for the support theylhaye
gwen tie plan Of union. ..e.-.. . y.ya..
THERE are II 900 cOored people lnhAerth
Carolina and Virginia VINO contemplate set
Ting in Dakota. 1t would be agcod plan to
send committee to interview the genuine
Dakota blizzard in his native LAIR before
going in body. Dakota Is sometimes tribe
too cool TO suit the sable Southerner.
Boston people will find it difficult 10 be-
lieVe that the following advertisement ap-
peared in the Evening Post of Boston, in
1912: ITO be sold by the Printer OF this Paper,
the very best Negro Woman In this Town,
VINO has had the SMALLPOX and the Measles
Is as hearty as a Horse, as brisk as Is ird,
and VIII work like Beaver. August %,
l742"
MARY BAKER. known as the fFasting Girl"
of White county, Ind, Is alleged to have eaten
or drank nothing for twelve weeks, and,
though she is emaciated about the lower part
of the body and limbs, her face, especially
under the influence of morphine, presents a
healthy aspect. Miss Baker has been under
the care of a number Of physicians, but none
nave been able to diagnose her case satlsfac-
| toriy. She was once beautiful girl, and her
intellect Is clear and strong.
THE story of the faithful dog who lies on
his masters grave and starves TO death is by
no means new, but really true one now
comes from Paducah, Ky. The master was
Uncle Ike Enders, an aged negro. said to be
lO2 years old when he died. The dog himself
was grzZled and aged, and when the old
mans body was put in the grave the old dog
refused to leave the spot. and there he died
the other day from exposure and hunger, and
MS body still lies on the grave.
IN the last number of the Tydschrlft a
DIARY of Boer in the Kafir Commando" is
published. We extract two consecutive en-
tries: sunday, Feb. %. No Kafrs in sight;
held divine services; prayer-meeting at
nlght-a blessed time. Monday, Feb. "a.
saw katlrs on the hills: Commando went out
and shot thirty four. besides number that
got away wounded; Thanksgiving service in
the evening on return to camp; sang Psalm
lO' and went on sentry; shot two kafirs."
IN Italian cities the cleaning of streets is
sold to the highest bidder at public auction.
The bidder puts every 400 yards of street IN
charge of one man and push cart, who is
kept constantly al work from sunrise to sun
set, and in the long twilight. At intervals
large carts go around and receive the contents
OF the push carts. The dirt Is taken to q fac
tory, where it Is pressed into blocks of about
q cubic yard In dimensions. These are placed
on the market and are sold for fertilizing pur-
poses.
WASHINGTON SPIDERS have discovered that
game is plentiful near the electric lights
which illuminate the public buildings In
consequence, their webs are 80 thick ana nu-
merous that portions of the architectural or
namentatlon are no longer visible, and when
torn down by the wind. or when they fail
from decay, the refuse gives a dingv and dirty
appearance to every thing it comes IN contact
with. Not only this, but these adventurous
take possession OF the portion OF the ceiling
OF any room which receives the illumination
THE Sheriff of Wlunebago county went to
arrest deaf man VINO kept tavern situated
on the Wisconsin line. The deaf tavern
keeper retired to the north end of his bar
room en- seeing the officer, and then invited
him to read his warrant. The Sheriff did as
was hidden, but the deaf man said he did not
understand him. The sheriff read the war
rant again at the top OF his voice, and finally
shrleked its contents into the tave n keeDer's
ear. After the sheriff had become breathless
from his eXertions the deaf man grasped the
meaning OF the document. He then eX-
planned that he vas In Wisconsin, and cOnse-
quently could not be arrested by an Illinois
officer.
A CORRESPONDENT writes from Venice to
the Frankfurter Zeitung, that one or two
days before Christmas a singular phenome-
non was seen at Savile, near UdlDe, which
recalls accounts of the mirage sometimes
presented near Messina. The sky was mar
italy covered BIZ clouds. in which the surface
OF a q a = naH VIII "a hpnt
ing over 1t, and even a steamer cutting It's
way. Presently houses came in view then
large, beautiful buildings. palaces and
churches, and, az the features became more
defined, the Cathedral of St. Mark with the
piazza and tower, were plainly presented
and the neighboring canals. The spectacle
taded gradually away, having made a great
impression on all who saw it.
A GROUP of brokers were discussing the
other day instances where valuable papers
had been picked out from forgotten resting
places only to make their forgetful owners
RIGA, After some other stories had been re-
lated. A. o. slaughter said: II was once
offered 100 bonds Of the Burlington and Cedar
Rapids railroad at 6J, and as ! hesitated at
the price the broker who mad the IL offered to
throw IN 100 shares of Burlington and Cedar
Rapids stock, which were worth practically
nothing at all. took the bonds at 90 and
sold them shortly sferward at 20, and gave
the stock no thought. In going over nv
papers some years afterward | found that 100
shares of stock and sod 1t for 81 900 IL is
the biggest find Of that unusual sort ever
heard Of"
A RATHER cOmIcal adventure Defell two
very stylish young American married ladies
recently on the bouevards in Paris. They
set out TO take stroll and look at the shops
and while owly making their way along the
crowded th0rOughiare they were struck by
the amount of attention that thew excited
People stopped and gszed at them murmurs
OF appreciation followed them, ami altOgsi b, r
they 1clt themselves the success OF the after
noon. suddenly one Of them CHANGED TO look
around aud realized the situation. Good
gracious, KITTY" she gasped, 1--WE are walk
ing between two of the sandwich men of the
Paris Casino; we are being taken for adyer-
tislng womenW The sudden Vav IN which
my pretty young countrywomen Disappeared
down the nearest side street can be better
imagined than described.
In conversation the other day with a Wash.
ingtOn reporter, a member Of the above or
ganization told how the band had Jared at
the different Presidential receptlons. 'Presi-
dent Cleveland he stated, ''taL es the prize
for filing the band up with good things To
eat ana drink, and being sOciabie aud kind TO
them. The scaliest treatment WE ever got
was under Arthur. believe he was al right
but his steward was no friend OF ohrs. Jusf
think Of u man starting home NJ 2fUr 3 O'clock
IN the morning with his siOntacb full OF oyster
soup ana beer. lt makes nae sick to tJ nix of
IL. Hayes gave us lots 10 eat. butrot i drou
To drink stronger than c0hee?' Abou. Grant
and Garfield he spoke in the highest terms.